Men working in the nearby palm oil farm in Borneo would come into the brothel and could pay a couple of quid to have sex with a prostitute, or, shockingly, with her. Knowing what was expected, Pony would gyrate her hips when a punter came to the door before being raped by men twice the size of her who paid her owner for the experience.
No one knows exactly how long Pony was forced to work as a prostitute before being rescued from a brothel in Indonesia. Chained to a bed, men could choose to pay to have sex with her - and she was shaved and made to wear perfume and jewellery.
She was a sex slave - it was grotesque. She was covered in abscesses, and they put make-up and earrings on her. It was horrible to think about how terrified she must have been. In the end it took 35 armed policemen to get the villagers to hand over Pony.
At the point of rescue, as well as the inevitable psychological trauma, Pony was in a horrific condition physically. Her resilience is amazing. Despite the trauma, she maintained a dignity, and sense of humour.
Experts think she'd been taken from her mother as an infant - as most orangutans usually stay with their mum for the first seven to 11 years of their lives - and they estimated her to be around six years old.
